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One of the issues with wireless buds/headphones for me is the DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter). The DAC is quite critical for final sound quality (responses t
by PikachuEXE 5y ago
One of the issues with wireless buds/headphones for me is the DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter).
The DAC is quite critical for final sound quality (responses to different frequencies, amount of noise...).
Most wireless use built-in DAC and provide no method for using an external/standalone one.
Another obvious issue would be the connection stability which is why I still use 3.5mm on my iPhone 6s (or previously iPhone 8 but requires an adapter).
- Skunkleton 5y agoHow would you envision using an external DAC with Bluetooth headphones?
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- hammock 5y agoYeah it would have to be connected via wire to the headphones. Lol
- starky 5y ago>The DAC is quite critical for final sound quality (responses to different frequencies, amount of noise...). This incorrect statement is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. A DAC on its own is useless for listening to sound, it always has to be accompanied by an amplifier stage. I honestly don't know why people have become focused on the part of a DAC+Amp circuit that rarely matters. If a DAC makes any difference to the sound quality of the device, then it is a bad DAC. All a DAC should do is output the exact analog signal that was sampled in the digital file (provided it is below the Nyquist-Shannon frequency). Even dirt cheap commodity DAC chips do this well beyond what any human can hear. If there is any fuckery with the sound, it is probably due to the implementation of the pre-amp or amplifier circuits in the device which have far more ability to introduce distortion or noise to the signal, or introduce a sound signature.